Rulison is an unincorporated community in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. [1] It is most notable for being the location of the Project Rulison nuclear test on September 10, 1969. The town of Parachute, Colorado is nearby, and Rulison is accessible from Interstate 70/U.S. Route 6. [2] [3]
Rio Blanco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,529. The county seat is Meeker. The name of the county is the Spanish name for the White River which runs through it.
The Town of New Castle is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,923 at the 2020 census.
The Town of Marble is a Statutory Town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 133 at the 2020 United States Census.
Meeker is the Statutory Town in and the county seat of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States, that is the most populous municipality in the county. The town population was 2,374 at the 2020 United States Census.
Minerva Park is a village in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,009 at the 2020 census.
Enterprise is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 274 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Enterprise is located in the town.
Glenwood Canyon is a rugged scenic 12.5 mi (20 km) canyon in western Colorado in the United States. Its walls climb as high as 1,300 feet (400 m) above the Colorado River. It is the largest such canyon on the Upper Colorado. The canyon, which has historically provided the routes of railroads and highways through western Colorado, currently furnishes the routes of Interstate 70 and the Union Pacific's Central Corridor between Denver and Grand Junction.
Project Rulison, named after the rural community of Rulison, Colorado, was an underground 40-kiloton nuclear test project in the United States on September 10, 1969, about 8 miles (13 km) SE of the town of Grand Valley, Colorado in Garfield County. The location of "Surface Ground Zero" is 39°24′19.0″N107°56′54.7″W. The depth of the test cavity was approximately 8,400 ft (2,600 m) below the ground surface. It was part of the Operation Mandrel weapons test series under the name Mandrel Rulison, as well as the Operation Plowshare project which explored peaceful engineering uses of nuclear explosions. The peaceful aim of Project Rulison was to determine if natural gas could be easily liberated from underground regions. This site remains under active monitoring by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management.
KKCH is a radio station broadcasting a Hot AC format. Licensed to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States, it serves the Aspen area. The station is currently owned by Patricia MacDonald Garber and Peter Benedetti, through licensee AlwaysMountainTime, LLC.
Mill Avenue/3rd Street is a station on the Valley Metro Rail light rail line in Tempe, Arizona, United States.
Prairie Creek is an unincorporated community in southeastern Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its elevation is 528 feet (161 m), and it is located at 39°16′30″N87°29′50″W. Because the community has had multiple names, the Board on Geographic Names officially decided in favor of "Prairie Creek" in 1959. Although Prairie Creek is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47869.
WHYS-LP is a radio station located in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin media market. The station is currently owned by Northern Thunder, Inc. The station presents a wide variety of music and public affairs programming including the syndicated weekly radio news magazines Democracy Now! and Between the Lines.
Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve was established by the General Land Office in Colorado on December 24, 1892, with 858,240 acres (3,473.2 km2). In 1905 all federal forests were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service. On July 1, 1908, part of the forest was combined with Holy Cross National Forest, part was renamed Battlement National Forest, and the original name was discontinued. The lands are presently included in White River National Forest and Grand Mesa National Forest.
Battlement National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado on July 1, 1908, from part of the Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve with 753,720 acres (3,050.2 km2). March 11, 1924 it was renamed Grand Mesa National Forest, and the original name was discontinued.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Colorado.
Queens Gate is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,464 at the 2010 census. The area was part of the Tyler Run-Queens Gate CDP at the 2000 census.
Juab is a ghost town in Juab County, Utah, United States. It lies at an elevation of 5,082 feet (1,549 m), and is 5.1 miles (8.2 km) west-southwest of Levan.
The Town of Carbonate is a ghost town located in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. In 2014, property owners voted to reactivate the town government despite having no year-round residents since 1890.
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